Monday, January 14, 2013

The "Sea" Comes to Jerusalem

The washing of the priests in the Temple was accomplished through a large basin/fountain:

And he made the molten sea of ten cubits from brim to brim, round in
compass, and the height thereof was five cubits; and a line of thirty
cubits did compass it round about.
And under the brim of it round about there were knops which did compass
it, for ten cubits, compassing the sea round about; the knops were in
two rows, cast when it was cast.
It stood upon twelve oxen, three looking toward the north, and three
looking toward the west, and three looking toward the south, and three
looking toward the east; and the sea was set upon them above, and all
their hinder parts were inward.
And it was a hand-breadth thick; and the brim thereof was wrought like
the brim of a cup, like the flower of a lily; it held two thousand
baths.

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American born, my wife and I moved to Israel in 1970. We have lived at Shiloh together with our family since 1981. I was in the Betar youth movement in the US and UK. I have worked as a political aide to Members of Knesset and a Minister during 1981-1994, lectured at the Academy for National Studies 1977-1994, was director of Israel's Media Watch 1995-2000 and currently, I work at the Menachem Begin Heritage Center in Jerusalem. I was a guest media columnist on media affairs for The Jerusalem Post, op-ed contributor to various journals and for six years had a weekly media show on Arutz 7 radio. I serve as an unofficial spokesperson for the Jewish Communities in Judea & Samaria.